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GRANDE ANSE, Grenada -- A regional workshop held in Grenada encouraged local entrepreneurs to leverage cutting-edge technology to develop world-class products and services that address challenges facing Caribbean society. The workshop,…

NASSAU, Bahamas -- The Bahamas government plans to introduce two initiatives -- violence breakers and a program called shock treatment -- to its Operation Ceasefire plan in a bid to lower crime, Minister of National Security Dr Bernard…

Castries, St Lucia -- A political activist group in Saint Lucia has called upon Allen Chastanet, the political leader of the opposition United Workers Party (UWP), to denounce conduct by Guy Joseph, the UWP representative for the…

Port of Spain, Trinidad (CMC) – Trinidad and Tobago police are awaiting a forensic report to determine whether or not the burnt remains of a human being found in a forested area in Princess Town, south Port of Spain are that of 29-year-old…

Kingston, Jamaica -- An elderly man, who has given his name as George Reid, was Sunday night found wandering in Seaview Gardens, Kingston. He says he is 75 years old and from a Montgomery Avenue address. Reid is of dark complexion, slim…

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Aid workers in Haiti have begun distributing food to help some of the Caribbean nation's poorest people cope with a severe drought, an official with a United Nations agency said Thursday. The World Food Program…

KINGSTON, Jamaica - Senior lecturer in the Faculty of Law at the University of the West Indies Tracy Robinson was on Thursday elected chairman of the Inter American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) at its 150th Regular Session, held in…

ST GEORGE’S, Grenada (GIS) -- The Grenada government says it is well advanced in meeting specific targets ahead of a crucial board meeting of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Permanent secretary in the ministry of finance, Timothy…

ST MARY, Jamaica -- The St Mary police are investigating the brutal killing of a 70-year-old businessman in the parish on Tuesday, March 18.  Norris Garvey’s body was found by his son about 9:45 pm at his business establishment in Gayle, St…

NASSAU, Bahamas -- Prime Minister Perry Christie’s admission that he intervened with a local bank in an effort to help the Bahamas government’s chief value-added tax (VAT) coordinator Ishmael Lightbourne save his home was “inappropriate”…

KINGSTOWN, St Vincent -- A Caribbean reparatory justice programme (CRJP) has been accepted by the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) heads of government as a basis for discussions on reparations from slavery and native genocide. Chairman of…

Kingston, Jamaica -- The Hunts Bay Police seized two AK47 rifles and several rounds of ammunition during an operation in Whitfield Town, Kingston 13 today, Monday, March 17. According to the police between 10:00 am and 12:40 pm the lawmen…

Port of Spain, Trinidad (CMC) -- Trinidad and Tobago recorded its 100th murder for the year after a 29-year-old father of three was shot and killed on Monday. Police said that Jeffon ‘Boatie’ Jordan was shot as he walked near his home in…

Kingston, Jamaica -- Teresa Palmer, bemoaning the conviction of her son Adidja Palmer (Vybz Kartel) and the criticism heaped upon him, has said that the entertainer wasn't deserving of what he's now going through. "He didn't drop out of…

Port of Spain, Trinidad (CMC) – Leader of the Jamaat-Al-Muslimeen group, Yasin Abu Bakr, says he will soon host an event in a bid to provide Trinidad and Tobago with an explanation as to why his group sought to overthrow the government in…